person
Menestheus
also: Μενεσθεύς
Leader of the Athenian contingent, said to be unmatched at marshalling chariots and shield-men save for Nestor; holds a hard-pressed sector of the wall in Book 12 and calls for Ajax and Teucer's help.
Reading notes
- The Iliad §2.441 Menestheus
Leader of the Athenian contingent in the Catalogue of Ships, said to be unmatched at marshalling chariots and shield-men, save for Nestor.